A Split

 A Split, both telegenic and telly-bugging... A departure based on apprehension and assessment… A break up where both the partners play victim and no one takes the blame. Yes! It’s not Jiah Khan. Am talking about Janata Dal(U) and its divorce from BJP!

Here is a split, which not only shrivels the already slim NDA but has weakened the force that is anti-Congress. A split that speaks less on Narendra Modi’s polarization and more on Nitish Kumar’s dichotomy. Is it purely a clash of issues and Ideology; or there are things we do not know of? Not being privy to both the camps, it will be unjust if I endorse Sushil Modi, when he says JD(U) is apprehensive of its support base being dented; and equally it will be unreliable if I comment on the tightness of JD(U)’s embracement to the 3^rd resolution in our preamble, which Sikri, C.J. and Chandrachud J. calls to be the basic. But incredible is our political archives and incredulous is our political developments.

As a mugwump when I see it, I find it interesting. It is not after the “coronation” of Modi at Goa; it was already in the air before. And everybody heard it when Nitish screamed the necessity of using topi at the Ramlila Maidan. Their resolution might not have mentioned the Bad Boy’s name but, they say, it is indication enough. Surprising was when they set a dead line for BJP to declare their Prime Ministerial candidate because the Nation’s mood is increasingly tilted towards a Man, who is causing irritation to the Bihar Chief Minister. And even more surprising was when Nitish mistook 16^th June as 31^st December and calls it Off!

Nitish didn’t have any objection and was part of the alliance when the saffron party was satiated with Ram Bhakti. And the latest released video clearly confirms that Nitish was not suffering from NaMonia in 2003. Am glad Nitish didn’t call them concocted, and those pics there suggest that Modi was no-untouchable post Godhra. Ram Vilas Paswan stepped down. But where was Nitish then? Lalu’s allegation of ‘failing to order a probe’ holds some water and can’t be dismissed.

The country would have appreciated, if Nitish would have said- I want to split because I don’t like the tunic of a person, who is anointed as BJP’s campaign committee chief; but the jerry-built reason given is easily seen through. An agreement with SCS as consideration may be a possibility, Ineludible!

Pranab’s tainted Resume!

Let’s not get distracted with the competitive ambitions of PM aspirants. Let’s not the pure ego of Lee and Hesh rag us much. Let’s not attach too much importance to what Abu Jundal is singing inside the custody. Let’s focus on the Big News- Mr. Pranab Mukherjee’s ride from North Block to Raisina Hill. Am neither interested in entering into a discussion with Mr. Punj as to Should a failed FM be made the President? nor is willing support the candidature of Mr. Jethmalani, whose grievance is- his friend Pranab concealed the names given by Germans and French. Simply, my problem here is: Am a little worried as Mr. Mukerjee’s questionable integrity might sully the ‘sanctity’ of the post, which the Hon’ble Supreme Court in P.J. Thomas case attached too much import to.

Mr. Pranab Mukherjee
Photo Courtesy: Ennapadam Panchajanya

The importance of this write up is- its Urgency, both in intervention and in fact finding. My close buddy might argue clamorously, but Art 361 will not heed to her Understanding of law and will keep averring “Nothing Doing”. Hence all dust needs to be cleared of and all dirt needs to be absolved before his much Awaited Walk. 
Following are some of the charges against him:

Navy War Room Leak 

Mr. Mukherjee is no relative of Wing Commander S L Surve nor is he the custodian of the 'Directorate of Naval Operation' but his interview to CNN-IBN’s Karan Thapar in 2006 dragged him into the controversy. Handing over the investigation to the CBI on Feb 18, 2006 did lessened public angst but didn’t immune the Defence Minister from further questions. 

·        Why no criminal investigation was carried out against Abhishek Verma, Ravi Shankaran and Kulbhushan Prashar?

·         Why the three commanders- Vijendra Rana, Vinod Kumar Jha and Captain Kashyap Kumar, who were sacked under the “Pleasure Doctrine”, were not Court Martialed?

·         The Outlook magazine pointed out that the delayed response by the Defence Ministry gave Shankaran enough time and opportunity to escape. Therefore question arises why Pranab wanted to shield those who collectively and individually compromised the security of the country by smuggling out “classified naval information”?

·        When CBI in its report to the court clearly states that the information was relating to “National Security” and includes ‘Standard Operating Procedure of PECHORA’ and ‘Highly Sensitive information as to Directorate of Naval Operation’, why Mr. Mukherjee didn’t want an investigation and avoided it saying they were of “commercial” nature? (See para 24 and 26 of the CBI Report).

Scorpene Deal

Don’t give a goggle-eyed expression now. Yes! It is Scorpene- One of India’s largest scandal. On October 2005, Mr. Mukherjee signed an arm purchase contract with Thales, a French company. The allegation is- 4% commission is received by a few middlemen on behalf of the decision makers. To make it easy, the kickbacks are over Rs 500 cr in INR. On Feb 22, 2006, Mr. Mukherjee told the Parliament that the deal had no middlemen. But the email exchanged between Abhishek Verma and Jean Paul Perrier on July 13, 2005 proves otherwise. Pranab defended saying it was 'forge', however, the telephonic conversation with Ravi Shankaran clearly corroborates the allegation.      

Rice Export Scam

Again a Rs. 2,500 cr scam! Compromising India’s food security, non basmati rice was exported to Ghana and other 20 countries at cheaper rate on the grounds of Humanity. But this gesture turned out to be a dubious one. The question here is: Why Amira Food (India) Ltd.? Why wasn’t it a government-to-government deal? Why didn’t govt use the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and Shipping Corporation of India (SCI)? Exporters were facilitated to bypass the ban and capitalize on the rising international market prices (i.e. $670/ton). Mr. John Evans Atta’s government launched an inquiry into this and wrote a ‘Letter of Request for Assistance’ in relation to a criminal investigation conducted by the Attorney-General Deptt, the Bureau of National Investigation (BNI) and the Criminal Investigations Deptt. (CID) of the Ghana Police Service. A seven page letter is received by India from the Attorney General’s Deptt (dated August 13, 2009), requesting under the ‘Harare Scheme’ to investigate into the role of then External Affairs Minister of India along with others.{See: Page 4 of the Letter. Reference No.-AGD/PD*2/5A/01/09 (the exact number becomes difficult to identify as they were hand written)}. But unfortunately no concrete step was taken and an eye wash was done in the form of an internal enquiry by the Commerce Ministry. India’s Commercial Humanity. Huh?

Apart from this, there are other allegations also. For instance, Pranab pressurized SEBI to go easy on Reliance, Sahara, Bank of Rajasthan and MCX-SX. The letter of Dr. K.M.Abraham, to the PMO narrates the instances of Calculated Assault on the regulatory framework. (See: para 7, 11, 14 and 15 of the letter dated June 1, 2011. Ref. No.-  SEBI/KMA/2011/17495) However, we will not discuss this here, as the SEBI Chairman Mr. U.K.Sinha has denied the allegations. But it needs to be investigated. Secondly, the former journalist Anuj Dhar claims that Mr. Mukherjee was behind the ‘cover up’ on Netaji’s air crash and goes to the extent of saying that he is “India’s foremost proponent of the Bose died in Taiwan” theory. Nonetheless, we will wait for his book- “India’s Biggest Cover-Up” to come up.

I have no objection when a tainted Man continues his law practice but certainly I don’t want a Man having colored past to be my President. Therefore we demand an independent investigation into all these allegations against Mr. Mukherjee, before he can claim his Presidential Immunity. Let’s not belittle our Highest Office! Let’s not allow a Man with tainted resume! Let’s ensure our Excellency is not excellent in Corruption!

Mamata: A case of Marginalization!

When I address my Best friend as the President of India, I see for her- a Big black car, the Silver Trumpet and Edwin Lutyens’ architectural adobe, and not certainly the Politics of Convenience or Opportunistic Smartness… Unfortunately, the Race-2012 turned down to be that- a game where what matters, the most, is: whose move is more Measured and more Calculated. If tomorrow, Independent India sits down to check it’s achieve, it will by all odds spend a few hours on the upshots of 2012 Presidential Election. The Rush from Certainty to Incertitude and again Redo of all mess makes it Special, and not just the magical number - 13, I believe.

If not two months old attempt of Sushma Swaraj, it was V S Sampath’s 12^th June EC News Conference that blew the whistle and Mamata Di was the first one who heard it. When other regional leaders were occupied with their domestic affairs, Mamata appeared to be a Game-Changer in the Capital. She got media attention more than Sunny Leone and her each move became BREAKING NEWS. A quick meeting with the UPA Chairperson and the Declaration of names revealed all secrets. Congress may slam her for Lack of Decorum and Discourtesy but that’s how Mamata Banerjee is. Thanks Di! She ensured every single TMC leaders get an opportunity, at least once in their political career, to climb up to the studios of leading news channels… Disaster! Cataclysmic English and no sense of what’s going on... Anyway, Strategy was crediting her attendance in Akhilesh’s swear-in. All was Well before getting Ill. The M+M Combo (Mulayam and Mamata) was successful in threatening Congress Men and outstandingly came up with an over-the-top proposal i.e. the sitting Prime Minister was proposed to spend his time in the “Retire Bhawan”. Ooopsss.. Rastrapati Bhawan! Amazing! I call it. Nowhere in the history of the world, perhaps!!

Choice was not- ‘what they want’ but off course ‘what they want not’. Any Bengali but not Pranab Da and any Muslim but not Ansari Sahab- was the litmus test. The permutations yielded three names but 7RCR out rightly rejected all of them and Samajwadi Party, forgetting all ethics, backed it. Mamata got her reality checked. She came, She dictated, She periled but she returned Unconquered. Mulayam ditched her, Congress snubbed her and Delhi rebuffed her. Pranab’s victory became the Foregone Conclusion.




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WHY 20+18? And not 18+20?

No matter how good or bad 30/12/09 was for me… But it was safe for Soren, the supremo of India's regional Jharkhand Mukti Morcha (JMM), who took oath as chief minister of Jharkhand for the third time. JMM, which has 18 legislators in the 81-seat state assembly, formed the government with the support of 20 members of BJP and its coalition, which includes five of the regional AJSU as well as a few independent candidates. Are you aware of the election in Jharkand or not?

But, Mr. Satya, the poor boy in politics as well as in math, could not able to understand WHY 20+18? And not 18+20?

When BJP have the power, why it has to go to the JMM and say, look I support U? Is it like Bihari Mills case (Reverse merger case) or is any strange idea in field? Even if BJP comes but why it tolerated Sibu as CM?

SOren is neither going to handshake with yesterday’s Advani nor today’s Sushma Swaraj in the Ramjanmabhoomi Andolan. JMM and BJP had no dosti or dostana prior to election. I mean they don’t have pre poll alliance. It is not, even that JMM has taken an oath to have alliance with communal party always; they were with anti secularist UPA led govt. also.

But why??

My father told me it may be to keep Congress aside. If BJP does not agree to see Dishom Guru as CM and Congress agrees, then BJP may have to say bye! bye! again and for God’s sake which BJP or for this matter any party in India at least will not want.

Or Bhupendra Chaubey will say you "...the BJP snapping on his heels, looking for a chance to grab the CM's post on its own if Soren gets stuck with legalities." 

ha! ha! bull's eye asked sth.

are indians angry with upa govt.?

We the people of India (the usual dull expression) still after the 60 yrs. of partition, very much interested in the co-habitation with our people living in Pakistan. We still dream about "Akhanda Bharat", when we think of India. We never tried to fight with Pakistanis. We are not angry with UPA. It will hardly take time to hang Kasab or our military to nude Pak... but no!

The blood of Indian is the blood of tolerance, the blood of sympathy, the blood of kindness and the blood of love...and see! we are now the Super power standing before the world and on the contrary the fooled Pak is a failed Pak, unable to secure the life of its citizens and threat to the humanity.

INDIA: THE SUPER POWER and I must also repeat the statement of our lovable PM, "No power on earth can stop an idea, whose time has come."

disagreement with Mr. M. J. Akbar

Today after a heavy lunch, when I was siting in the library, my friend brought a book of M J Akbar, the BYLINE. Usually I like the writings of M J Akbar in Times of India. So, I immediately took that one from him. I have a different style of reading a book. I never go to the first page to begin with. I start reading from there, which comes just by opening it randomly. Fortunately or unfortunately the page which came by the very first opening was titled with “Is Atal Behari Vajpayee a Hindu?” It was a marvelous piece by him. After going through it I turned both the next and the previous page. The writing preceeding to that, was similar to the writing what I have already gone through. It was titled as “Was Jawaharlal Nehru a Hindu?” I became more anxious to go through it. That was also a good piece. So, after returning home, I was in search of that book in the internet. But I stopped at an article…

Don’t take the Indian voters’ silence lightly; M J Akbar started his writing with these few words. In that article Akbarji has narrated Indian voters like most intelligent, both responsive and responsible citizens. After going through, I was astonished, is that M J Akbar, is writing this? whom I believed as have really understood the blood of Indians. He goes to the extent of saying
“Never confuse the Indian voter’s temporary maun vrat with the silence of the lambs. This is the silence of tigers, as they pad noiselessly towards their quarry, shattering the air of the jungle only once, with a roar with the final leap towards the prey. When tigers feed only once in five years, the casualty rate can be terrifying.”
But I will say you, the people of this country are neither responsive nor responsible. 60 years of time is not a less time. The country which started its journey with starvation is standing today with the same problem but with different form. Maowadi, Naxalwadi and many other wadis is the reality of today’s India. NDA may say it as “India Shining” and UPA may term it as “Bharat Buland”. This is nothing but due to the so called silent voters, who never raise voice.
Democracy is all about choice. But in this democratic country, people did not know how to choose. Sometimes they go by sympathy, sometimes by gender biasness, sometimes with communal brigades, and sometimes with so called Dalit leaders.
Election is ahead. Now Congress has something to do with Aam Admi, and BJP has something do regarding Ram Temple and Ram Sethu. Apart from this Rightist, there is someone in Left (the Lal Janda wala) which has many things to do for the bourgeoisie and proletariat. I have nothing to say regarding the third fonts, which is considered by Advaniji as Jantake Monabhav ke sath kilwad (playing with the people).
People in this country voted Rajiv Gandhi on sympathy, and as Prof. Mustafa, the great constitutionalist of this country, used to say, people in this country are still voting for Madam Gandhi, when she has passed away more than two decades ago. The first ignorance, which the people of India have shown is when they voted for Muslim League to purify this land from British. When this is the level of understanding, how can you say the people are silent today and they will speak on the ballot paper tomorrow? When people are ready to go with Muslim League, Ram Sena, this Sena and that Sena, how can one say the voters of this country are mature enough to make a good choice? When minority of this nation votes for the party, which is favouring them, just to create vote bank, how can one say about democracy? When people are incapable of making difference and making decisions, thousands time saying voters are tigers (Sovereign) and they will respond intelligibly may not help.
The politicians know very well, at the end of 5 years, people will never recall the performance of last govt. No one has the time to record the performance also, in daily dairy. And the politicians are very much sure also that the Re 1 rice will determine the fate at the end of the day. In this situation, if you say voters are mature and pressing the button of ballot machine is the expression of intelligence, sensitivity and understandings, then I will ask “are you crazy?”